Oh, I need some of that pecan pie!!!! I will also take a glass of the southern house wine, sweet tea.
I can't pass on pecan pie.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
fec153 Hey dere, Ryan. Tell you what I will do. I'll send you as many warm air in tank cars as you want if you'll return them loaded with water. We are still in a drought and fires are a big concern. Flip
Hey dere, Ryan. Tell you what I will do. I'll send you as many warm air in tank cars as you want if you'll return them loaded with water. We are still in a drought and fires are a big concern.
Flip
Flip, It's a deal, will be on the look out for em and getting the water pumps primed too for the return trip!
jguess733 Speaking of random things. Does anybody else us stumble?
Speaking of random things. Does anybody else us stumble?
Yup! I been using Stumble for about four months now, really great finding new cool sites too! And helpful with promoting my blog sites!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
ewl01A new bunch friends! Been a great day! And the coffee is good too. Gives me someone to talk to. My cats are great but not much for conversation. I haven't figured out how to tell when TOP comes either... don't see any marks, etc. Just post after post. Then I'm new to forums, generally don't have time to sit and do this. Eric
A new bunch friends! Been a great day! And the coffee is good too. Gives me someone to talk to. My cats are great but not much for conversation. I haven't figured out how to tell when TOP comes either... don't see any marks, etc. Just post after post. Then I'm new to forums, generally don't have time to sit and do this.
Eric
Zoe, I'll have some of that Pecan Pie if you please and a cup of decaf on Eric's tab!
(Eric, hint there are 15 posts on each page in the new version of the software that they are using.)
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Evening, Flo - I'll have a bowl of beef stew, please, and a root beer float. Thanks! This is one of those evenings I am glad that I'm SOTB, unlike Johnboy, CN Charlie, BC, and others. I'm no fan of the extremely cold weather, anymore than I am of very hot and humid weather...
Robby P.Anyways.........Got a quick question. How good are those "Hustler" switchers? I was going for something simple, and not alot of money right now. I have seen them on eBay, and I believe Wolfgang has something similar his layout. Just wondering if they are any good.
Inch, we were about to set loose the bloodhounds - glad you made it in. And thank you for the update on Jerry, too. Hope he's feeling back up and at 'em again real soon, and tending to Sallie and his layout. Congrats on your football win, and hey, your brother gets to receive as well as to give you a ration of grief...
Barry, I guess your weather folks are just trying to cover all their bases, eh? Hope it sorta stabilizes on one kind of weather for a day or two.
to the Diner, Dave(Mainetrains)! Fill us in on yourself and your layout. From your avatar, I'd guess you have some of the furry felines, like a few other Diners do. Are yours of the caboose-stealing kind, or do they go after the locos, like BridgeTom (twhite)'s do?
And a also to Eric and Unca Roggie! I see the others have welcomed you and filled you in some on the Diner, our virtual servers and the varied food selections they can whoop up for you here.
John1947 - I'd say that your layout's what some call a 'operations-oriented' or 'railfanning' type. Whatever works for you, that's great! Then again, after a while you may find yourself adding this or that, and modify what you started out with, as some of us have.
Barry, that pitmarks sound weird - are they like holes from outside only, or all the way into the shell, or inside-to-outside? I was trying to figure if when the motor fried, it maybe shot sparks into the inside of the shell. Curious, indeed.
This afternoon after church, I went to a friend's place for lunch (and visiting, and games, and...). Funny thing is that the hostess is famous for her lack of cooking skills. Luckily for us, the guy she's seeing is a good cook, and my friend Mark was his assistant chef. We had way more chicken parmesan than I needed to eat, fresh green beans cooked with bacon strips, plus lots of side veggie dishes that some of the guest brought (and desserts, too). Yum!! And today our church started a 21 day prayer and fasting that the church does annually (no, it's not a total fast - the pastor went over several alternative ways, like fasting one meal, fasting from chocolate or meat - but that doesn't count if you're vegetarian - or fasting from something that it would be an effort to give up for 21 days). I'd decided to fast one meal for the period (I can afford it, definitely), and I told Dana that I'd better skip dinner with a luncheon like that! I guess you could pretty much compare it to a Lenten thing, but our church does it for the start of the year to re-focus and spend more time in prayer.
Oh yeah, the party - several of the singles who I knew were there, and after most of the eating was done, the 'host/cook' (her boyfriend) got out the Taboo game (spelling?). We had two teams of about 4 each playing, and it got hilarious. Ended up with one friend of the hostess squirting water on her, and then later the friend got wet, and I think the host/cook did, too. I laughed a bunch (as did others there). I'm was jst w**king on water before I came here to the Diner. And since the food here is virtual, I figure it doesn't count as not fasting, right?
Forgot who it was (Barry? Rob? Ryan?) who commented on my background building, but thank you. I was looking at the freight doors on it, and thinking it reminds me of those on the Arrowhead Ale background building's ones (the one Walthers has). I may modify it on several points by the time I get it all built, but that's not news on my MRR'ing front.
Need to get back to my stew and RBF before it's time to head home. Prayers for those ailing and in need of comfort (and may our NOTB friends get a warm spell to thaw out that 'dry cold'...).
Blessings on your week,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Afternoon all from StillSunnyCal, though we're supposed to have another rainstorm (and low snow levels) come tomorrow. The weather experts are telling us that we're in some sort of El Nino or La Nina (Hell, I don't know which--) weather pattern because of something happening out in the Pacific that is currently sending everything north and we're supposed to be in the third year of some kind of Drought. In other words, we're not supposed to expect our normal Wet Winter. Hm. On a clear day, those Sierra sure look white up there. We'll see.
UncaRoggie: Hey, , glad you found us. And Eric: too. Rumor hath it that we're a pretty friendly bunch of guys, here. And if either of you happen to hit the top of the page and have to buy the rest of us Virtual Dinner, I've been a Brats and Sauerkraut kinda guy, lately. I always go German during the winter .
Got a late Christmas present--a $100 Gift certificate to Bruce's Train Shop here in Sacramento. Now I don't know whether or not to raid the place tomorrow, or just save it toward that Z-6 that's ON THE BOAT from Korea. Think I'll save it. How's that for being thrifty? (Unless, of course, Bruce re-stocked those ART reefers I bought him out of before Christmas).
Okay, I've seen it all, now. My new Traincat Remington, he of the Viking Persuasion, now turns around and HISSES at his litter-box every time after he's used it. Just started yesterday. Is this kid WEIRD or what? Between him and She Who Must Be Obeyed Spooky, life is going to be pretty darned interesting around here.
Best to all, prayers to those in need.
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
Evening all,
Buggy, looks like your new forum is off to a great start. OBTW, the grade from Toledo, OH (669ft above sea level) to Cleveland, OH (902ft above sea level) is a .044% grade nothing a single steam locomotive could not handle, however the grade from Pittsburg to Ashtabula was a 1% grade and the same train would require a 2-10-0 pulling and a 4-6-6-4 pushing to get a train to Lake Erie.Not much in train news to report, however I did a bunch of cleaning and clearing off in the train room today. Sign the economy is in a slump; I was on patrol today and stopped by the former PRR pellet terminal where freighters drop off Iron ore and it’s loaded into waiting railcars or smaller freighter for the trip up river. They only had 100,000 tons of iron ore pellets on hand and it’s all going to inland steel mills by rail. That’s the entire winter stock pile! Normally there will be 1M to 5M tons on hand at the end of the navigation season.I still can’t figure out who has “TOP” honors in this place, my monitor settings must be way different than the rest of the diners or something.
John, nothing wrong with flat ground, that’s all we have on the LS&W!
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
ewl01; I've got HO scale stuff buried away in a closet after I went N scale---it kind of goes with the territory I guess that one is a kind of homeless puppie for a while---settles down---then sits there asking why is 'X' still here? oh well----
I'm spending the evening looking/doing weathering---I've got an F7 that has a fried(long time ago---something about a shorted motor) truck---serious scorch work needed mayhap? Also same engine has pit marks on front/side of cab---shootout at Lompoc or someplace?---does anyone know what could create pitmarks? If I get to the point of figuring out Macro on my Powershot I could post these---
Speaking of TOP---how'd I get here ----AGAIN??
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
Philip- We are still tied for three T O P's in a row. Illness forced me to miss two weeks work,no pay, Thats why the pie. Also have homemade fruitcake.
pcarrell Eric, ever thought about a smaller scale? To all the newer folk here: What you see at the top of this page is an example of what NOT to do. If you should happen to take "Top Honors" by hitting the top of a page, you'll be buying, with your virtual money, everything, for everybody, on that page. These folks around here are a hungry bunch! And no, you may NOT ask how I know this! Our "Top Honors" guest here, has decided to try and sidestep the issue by offering pie , which works on me (I'll just take that.....thanks! ), but is not such an effective weapon on others.
Eric, ever thought about a smaller scale?
To all the newer folk here:
What you see at the top of this page is an example of what NOT to do. If you should happen to take "Top Honors" by hitting the top of a page, you'll be buying, with your virtual money, everything, for everybody, on that page. These folks around here are a hungry bunch! And no, you may NOT ask how I know this!
Our "Top Honors" guest here, has decided to try and sidestep the issue by offering pie , which works on me (I'll just take that.....thanks! ), but is not such an effective weapon on others.
Good Evening Diners!
Well Johnboy, you certainly are correct about the, shall I say, cool weather. There's a windchill warning out for tonight and tomorrow morning which means -40 to -45 C. We'd be happy to share, anyone tire of warm? Well never mind, we'll send some your way as though we have any control!
I picked up a little N guage track this weekend along with a couple of box cars. Wow! are they ever small!! The big test will be to see how I manage to change the coupler on the Pacific I bought. If that goes well, then I might have a future with N. I have a spot picked out to put a 21/2 by 6 or 8 foot layout right under a window as I will need lots of light.
Not much progress on the RR front for several weeks as we are still getting re-settled after our Christmas trip. We did pick-up Pippa on Friday from our friends in Minnesota. It was a round trip in one day which we don't normally do but they both had colds and we wanted to get home quick as there was a storm yesterday.
Well it's back to work tomorrow and I'm all a-quiver with excitement. It wouldn't be bad except for the office politics that are running high right now.
See you tomorrow,
CN Charlie
jguess733Speaking of random things. Does anybody else us stumble? The guys at work showed it to me. You just go to their website, create an account download their toolbar, and click all the topics that interest you. Once the toolbar is installed there is a button at the top of your screen that says stumbe. Just click on it, and away you go. It will randomly bring up a web page related to one of the topics you clicked on when you signed up. I was up until 2 this morning playing with my stumble button. It has really effecintly increased my web surfing.
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Just thought I'd stop in right quick and grab a quick cup of coffee, and say hi. It's just started snowing again. Looks like I'll be spending the rest of my evening in front of the computer, googling whatever random things I can think of.
Speaking of random things. Does anybody else us stumble? The guys at work showed it to me. You just go to their website, create an account download their toolbar, and click all the topics that interest you. Once the toolbar is installed there is a button at the top of your screen that says stumbe. Just click on it, and away you go. It will randomly bring up a web page related to one of the topics you clicked on when you signed up. I was up until 2 this morning playing with my stumble button. It has really effecintly increased my web surfing.
Jason
Modeling the Fort Worth & Denver of the early 1970's in N scale
Thanks to all for the welcome I think I just have a cup of coffee Zoe, thank you.
jim rcgmo No plans or photos, just a round 'd' round double track on flat "ground'" to get back into the hobby after 25 years away from it.
T Marsh Not too much of a mess from where I'm setting. I also won't have any problems with the twins as I have been happly married for 37 years last July.
T White Just reading the posts I can pretty much tell that all of you are a great bunch of people, and the main reason that I decided to stop in.
unca roggieDo they serve Eggs Benedict in this joint? I have to start dieting tomorrow, wanna go out with a bang!
Right now I'm in the mood for just that kinda pie!!! Tnx very much
I'm going over some old photos my dad took during some road trips out west---lots of photos of GMD1's with the A1A wheelsets---eeerrggh, I'd like to find those---anyhoooo back to dealing with 'Spring' and the 'springing' therefrom----
And you thought you'd be at the TOP eh? Guess I'll be doing the honours---
Well doggone. T O P. Been alooonnngg time since I been here. How about my wifes homemade, from scratch, Southern Pecan Pie?
And marino was a choke artist.. with Shula calling the plays, he never had a chance. If big Earl had been in, different story.
Flip 50 years of living in Miami. We brought our flag when we moved north.
pcarrellewl01So much for the Dolphins.... And the Colts......
ewl01So much for the Dolphins....
And the Colts......
yeah, as i've said, GO CHARGERS!!!!
As to the Dolphins, it ain't over till it's over. my dad is a huge dolphins fans (he was a kid back in the day when they had Larry Zonka, etc.).
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Phil, I used to when I lived at the house with the 16x20 den. Nothing fancy, basic layout. I just liked to sit back and watch them run, never big on operation. Just mesmorizing.... relaxation. Trying to figure out how to run the AC6000's and 9-44's in a 10x8 bedroom. Not to mention the alternate theme, 6-10 car passenger trains pulled by E-7's, 8's or steamers for the heavyweights. Guess it is time to go 4 axle and play switching mindgames. Right now I have trains on the wall and in boxes. Those passenger trains take up a lot of wall space.
unca roggieOh, wow...I've been noticing this particular thread on here for ages, but never wandered in...I assumed it was about some guy's model of an h.o. scale restaurant, and could not imagine how come its had thousands of entries to talk about a model structure.
We've had several titles over the years, all similar to this one, though some have made the purpose of the thread more obvious that others. We can talk about an HO diner if you want, but we also talk about a lot of other stuff.
unca roggieFinally curiosity got the best of me...and I see its the "hang out" thread. Duh.
Yeah, come on in and pull up a chair. Chloe and Zoe, our virtual waitresses, will get you a cup of coffee.
unca roggieWell, now we'll see if my ability to be the last guy to post to a thread, holds true. I think I'm safe in this case, however.
Naw, you're not "The Topic Killer". I will warn you though.....we'll probably be moving down the tracks to a new diner soon. We're starting to drag a lot of pages around and we don't want to bog down the whole forum. We usually end up moving about twice a year.
unca roggieDo they serve Eggs Benedict in this joint?
Are you kidding? The twins (Chloe & Zoe that is) are excellnt cooks! They serve the best virtual eggs benedict you'll ever have! And here's the big bonus! They're 100% calorie and fat free, so you can even have them on your diet!
What does football and food have to do with scale model trains? Absolutely nothing..... and it's wonderful. I'll have a coffee and some of that blueberry pie please. So much for the Dolphins....
ewl01New to all of this. This where everyone sits down for a coffee and a bite to eat, shoot the breeze etc?
Yeah, you got it. Pull up a chair Eric, grab a cup. Our virtual waitresses, Chloe & Zoe, otherwise known as "The Twins", will pour you a cup. We play it pretty loose in the Coffee Shop here. So, do you have a model railroad?
Unca Roggie,
I'm another new customer to this cafe. Hang around sometimes in the Flat Wheel Diner. Burger and hot coffee, please!
Dennis
Cederstrand***Sawyer, you weren't kidding about that Colts/Chargers game...man, that was good. Have nothing against the colts, but I was pulling for the Chargers. Basically, I tend to back any team that is further west, as that is where my heart is. I may live in the South, but I have no connection to or reason to root for eastern teams.
***Sawyer, you weren't kidding about that Colts/Chargers game...man, that was good. Have nothing against the colts, but I was pulling for the Chargers. Basically, I tend to back any team that is further west, as that is where my heart is. I may live in the South, but I have no connection to or reason to root for eastern teams.
Ditto. I used to hate the Falcons b/c of Michael Vick, and the Carolina Panthers for a stupid reason, now I don't care about them either way, lol. I pull for the chargers b/c they're a class act. The packers I now pull for b/c I love them, the reason I started loving them: Brett Favre.
Now you see what you've been missing. They serve anything you want.
I'll stick with the burger and fries with a Dr. Pepper thanks. Nice place, seem like good folks, glad to be here. Time to see how the Dolphins are doing.
Oh, wow...I've been noticing this particular thread on here for ages, but never wandered in...I assumed it was about some guy's model of an h.o. scale restaurant, and could not imagine how come its had thousands of entries to talk about a model structure.
Finally curiosity got the best of me...and I see its the "hang out" thread. Duh.
Well, now we'll see if my ability to be the last guy to post to a thread, holds true. I think I'm safe in this case, however.
Do they serve Eggs Benedict in this joint? I have to start dieting tomorrow, wanna go out with a bang!